June 22, 2011

Thai food can "lead to regurgitation"? More, please!

Over at CNN, Mark Wiens has a piece up on the most revolting foods in Thailand. Why are these foods gross? Well, Mark describes one of them as “a dish that is almost certain to result in a severe case of diarrhea.”

So that’s a good start! Here’s three of his top picks.

Kai Khao are hard-boiled eggs. But the twist is that they are fertilized eggs with baby chicks inside that are almost ready to hatch! Eating them is "a crunchy journey through odd textures that sometimes lead to regurgitation and the act of having to pluck feathers out of your teeth."

The dish called Gaeng Sataw is made with a little something called “stink beans.” That's becase the "beans emit a gaseous sensation that could easily be mistaken for a human fart."  

Chicken feet (a.k.a. Teen Gai) are horrific. "Scaly and covered in weird knuckles," they look like a horrible sea creature combined with a skeleton. 

Plus, how do you eat them? Mark suggests "sucking on them rigorously until the pulpy fat rolls off the bones."

It's then considered polite to vomit. 

See his full list of thirteen over at CNN.

2 comments:

  1. oh. god. *violently hurls* WHO WOULD COOK BABY CHICKENS WHEN THE ARE ABOUT TO HATCH?!?!?!?!?!?!! How bout I take a pregnant lady and put her baby in a microwave?! its the same thing!

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